Thomas Neville

Thomas Neville (1429-22 September 1471) was a Yorkist and, later, Lancastrian general during the Wars of the Roses.

Biography
Thomas Neville was the son of William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, and he was a notable sailor in his youth, eliminating pirates in the English Channel and the North Sea. During the Wars of the Roses, the Nevilles sided with the House of York, but he later joined his family in defecting to the Lancastrians in 1470, and Thomas raided English shipping. In 1471, following the Battle of Tewkesbury and the city of London's refusal to allow for him to bring his men into the city, Neville burned Southwark to the ground. His siege of London failed, and he was captured at Southampton and beheaded at Middleham Castle in Yorkshire in 1471.